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[quote=Anonymous]I have felt this way for the last 5 years. It's really hard. It was having kids that did it -- our jobs were equal before kids even though his was more rigid and mine was more flexible. I mad more money than he did for several years. Then we had kids and the flexibility of my job because a necessity and my job started taking a backseat to my career. At the same time the rigidity of his job became an argument for his job to always be prioritized and accommodated.

We recently started couples therapy and this dynamic is central to that. The kicker is that he doesn't even like his job and complains about it all the time but also he won't do anything to change jobs. So I just feel like my entire life revolves around this job he doesn't even like.

I feel like we are going to work it out but I really related to what you are saying OP and you have a right to be frustrated. That's a long time to be beholden to someone else's job and to postpone or rearrange important aspects of your life.[/quote]

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